LONGUEUIL — Family and friends of a 15-year-old teen who was shot and killed by police on Montreal’s South Shore told a vigil today that they’re devastated by his loss.
Nooran Rezayi was shot dead by police on Sunday after officers responded to a 911 call about a group of armed young people in a residential neighbourhood in Longueuil.
Quebec’s independent police watchdog says the only gun seized at the scene belonged to the officer who shot the teenager.
Members of the crowd wore T-shirts reading “Justice for Nooran” as they joined in a silent march and a vigil through a residential neighbourhood.
The teen’s father described his son in a statement read on his behalf as a thoughtful and loving teen whose future was unjustly torn away.
He said he hoped his son’s memory would be guiding